Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be a marathon for your truly so I might as well say a few words about whatever I think of to talk about now.\u00a0 This balmy weather has been amazing.\u00a0 And whenever I get a few minutes outside it puts a smile on my face.\u00a0 Today I walked past the garden with the red raspberries and what do you think?\u00a0 There were a ton of them ripened on the plants.\u00a0 I tried to carry them in my hands but they kept dropping so I filled up my hat.\u00a0 I got a pint or so and I\u2019m sure Camera Girl will wash them and serve them as dessert tonight.<\/p>\n
I decided to try a couple of focus bracketing shots with the A7 IV\u2019s new firmware upgrade.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be processing the results later on today.\u00a0 I put together a phony indoor version of the autumn ground cover, complete with pine needles and cones, acorns and a bunch of leaves and dead flowers.\u00a0 Very evocative.\u00a0 Then I took a dead Luna moth from last summer and threw it on top.\u00a0 I hoping it produces a nice effect.\u00a0 But more importantly I want to see how the stacking program handles the files I made.<\/p>\n
If I use a small number of files (30 \u2013 50) the program can crunch through the image processing in a short time.\u00a0 But I think one of them was 150 files.\u00a0 I know it will take a long time but I\u2019m not sure it won\u2019t have the AI equivalent of a nervous breakdown.\u00a0 I\u2019m looking forward to the results.<\/p>\n
Speaking of technology issues, a couple of weeks ago my generic MP3 player gave up the ghost.\u00a0 Since then, I \u2018ve only been able to listen to the music from my collection in the car.\u00a0 I bought a new and improved device a week or two ago but being a broken-down engineer from the 20th<\/sup> century every time I have to interface with equipment it has mutated again into an unrecognizable form.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure this new device will not work with my earphones or carrying device of something else.\u00a0 It\u2019s funny how quickly I became a Luddite.<\/p>\n I was talking to an old friend today and he asked me about my plans for the election.\u00a0 He\u2019s going to be on a zoom call during the results period.\u00a0 I told him I\u2019ll be incommunicado until probably 12:30 am.\u00a0 He gave me his condolences for this situation but I told him I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t be covering the vigil.\u00a0 On reflection, he agreed saying it will probably be a week-long marathon involving lawyers and rioting and other absurdities.\u00a0 Best not to get too caught up in the ballyhoo.\u00a0 After all, if Trump wins, they\u2019ll do everything the can to stop his agenda.\u00a0 And if he loses, I\u2019ll have bigger fish to fry.<\/p>\n Well, here\u2019s my post for Sunday.\u00a0 If I can get three more in the can I can try and cover the interregnum and spare Orion\u2019s Cold Fire from the ignominy of dead air.\u00a0 But in the words of Bob Wiley and Dr Leo Marvin, \u201cBaby steps, baby steps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be a marathon for your truly so I might as well say a few words about whatever I think of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3366,1263,6],"tags":[3341],"class_list":["post-31083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-life-in-dunwich","category-stuff-that-personally-interests-me-miscellaneous","category-trump","tag-dunwich"],"yoast_head":"\n